There's not a lugger fit for the purposes of abduction left upon the coast.

Men settle their 'affairs of honour' in the law courts, and return home wounded only in the pocket.
Assaults on unprotected females are confined to the slums, where heroes do not dwell, and are avenged by the nearest magistrate.

Your modern burglar is generally an out-of-work green-grocer.

His 'swag' usually consists of an overcoat and a pair of boots, in attempting to make off with which he is captured by the servant-girl.

Suicides and murders are getting scarcer every season.